republic-os/legislation/us/states/mi/2019-2020/sb-129.md

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Bill	Aeronautics; unmanned aircraft systems; local ordinances; allow a political subdivision to regulate unmanned aircraft systems in certain circumstances. Amends sec. 5 of 2016 PA 436 (MCL 259.305).	Aeronautics; unmanned aircraft systems; local ordinances; allow a political subdivision to regulate unmanned aircraft systems in certain circumstances. Amends sec. 5 of 2016 PA 436 (MCL 259.305).	us/states/mi	Michigan Legislature	2019-2020	SB 129	Michigan SB 129 (2019-2020)	bill	Aeronautics: unmanned aircraft systems	enacted		5	32	3	2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00	2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/e36210f4-5b13-45c5-929d-97ea3d7ec667	http://legislature.mi.gov/doc.aspx?2019-SB-0129	a26dbe5ff0b8935cb29ec57e22f11e485487b9b25e305018d504f0f0bb1b4ee7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mi

Michigan SB 129 (2019-2020) — Aeronautics; unmanned aircraft systems; local ordinances; allow a political subdivision to regulate unmanned aircraft systems in certain circumstances. Amends sec. 5 of 2016 PA 436 (MCL 259.305).

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. As Passed by the House (committee substitute) — source
2. As Passed by the Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. Public Act (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Concurred Bill (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Introduced Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 137 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• PASSED ROLL CALL # 27 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 122 Yeas 95 Nays 12 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 — 95–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Curtis VanderWall — cosponsor (person)
• Dayna Polehanki — cosponsor (person)
• Erika Geiss — cosponsor (person)
• Jon Bumstead — cosponsor (person)
• Kevin Daley — cosponsor (person)
• Peter MacGregor — cosponsor (person)
• Rosemary Bayer — cosponsor (person)
• Tom Barrett — cosponsor (person)
• Wayne Schmidt — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 INTRODUCED BY SENATOR WAYNE SCHMIDT introduction
• 2019-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE referral-committee
• 2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) committee-passage
• 2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2019-03-21T04:00:00+00:00 REFERRED TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) referral-committee
• 2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 REPORTED BY COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAVORABLY WITH SUBSTITUTE (S-1) committee-passage
• 2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 SUBSTITUTE (S-1) CONCURRED IN
• 2019-04-23T04:00:00+00:00 PLACED ON ORDER OF THIRD READING WITH SUBSTITUTE
• 2019-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 PASSED ROLL CALL # 27 YEAS 38 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 0 NOT VOTING 0 passage
• 2019-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 received on 04/24/2019 introduction
• 2019-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 read a first time reading-1
• 2019-04-24T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 referred to Committee on Ways and Means, with substitute (H-3) referral-committee
• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 reported with recommendation with substitute (H-5) committee-passage
• 2019-06-04T04:00:00+00:00 referred to second reading
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 read a second time reading-2
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 substitute (H-5) adopted
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 placed on third reading
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 placed on immediate passage
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 read a third time reading-3
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 passed; given immediate effect Roll Call # 122 Yeas 95 Nays 12 Excused 0 Not Voting 3 passage
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 inserted full title
• 2019-06-12T04:00:00+00:00 returned to Senate
• 2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 LAID OVER ONE DAY UNDER THE RULES
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 HOUSE SUBSTITUTE (H-5) CONCURRED IN
• 2019-06-18T04:00:00+00:00 ROLL CALL: ROLL CALL # 137 YEAS 37 NAYS 0 EXCUSED 1 NOT VOTING 0
• 2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 GIVEN IMMEDIATE EFFECT
• 2019-06-13T04:00:00+00:00 ORDERED ENROLLED
• 2019-06-25T04:00:00+00:00 PRESENTED TO GOVERNOR 06/20/2019 03:46 AM executive-receipt
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR 06/25/2019 09:08 AM executive-signature
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE 06/25/2019 10:32 AM
• 2019-06-26T04:00:00+00:00 ASSIGNED PA 0032'19 WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e36210f4-5b13-45c5-929d-97ea3d7ec667. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Michigan legislature records).